Welcome To The

Society of Animal Welfare Administrators

SAWA members collaborate to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find good homes for animals.

SAWA members benefit from targeted education and professional certification. SAWA Certified Animal Welfare Administrators (CAWA) possess well rounded experience and unique animal welfare knowledge to support agency missions and long term growth.

SAWA is the only international society of leaders actively leading and managing community animal shelters/animal control agencies.

Together, we are one.

Currently, we stand between the tragedy and devastation of Hurricane Harvey and the potential destruction and ruin of Hurricane Irma.
There is immense sadness, challenge and need; yet, as we have seen in Houston, it is a time that underscores and defines the human spirit – our persistence, our compassion and our unity.

Upcoming Events

Meet up with SAWA on the road! Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Bayer Animal Health, the SAWA Roadshow is in full swing throughout the year. Stop in…stop by…and say “hello” as we take SAWA to regional gatherings across the United States.

Meet up with SAWA on the road! Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Bayer Animal Health, the SAWA Roadshow is in full swing throughout the year. Stop in…stop by…and say “hello” as we take SAWA to regional gatherings across the United States.

Meet up with SAWA on the road! Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Bayer Animal Health, the SAWA Roadshow is in full swing throughout the year. Stop in…stop by…and say “hello” as we take SAWA to regional gatherings across the United States.

The National Council on Pet Population is the leading resource for timely, science-based data, information and trends on the population of cats and dogs and the mutually beneficial interaction between these animals and humans.

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